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MISHIMA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. A 80-142.

507 F.Supp. 131 (1981)

Osamu MISHIMA, Katuji Moriya, Akinori Ikeda, Tomomi Sasaki, and Hiroshi Umeda, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES of America and United States Coast Guard, Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Alaska.

February 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilmore & Feldman by Jeffrey M. Feldman, Anchorage, Alaska, for petitioners.

Rene J. Gonzalez, Acting U. S. Atty., District of Alaska by James L. Swartz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, LCDR James B. Friderici, Asst. Legal Officer, 17th Coast Guard District, of counsel, for respondents.

OPINION

FITZGERALD, District Judge.

This is an application by five Japanese seamen to quash subpoenas issued by the United States Coast Guard in connection with an investigation by that agency into the grounding of the M/V RYUYO MARU NO. 2 on November 8, 1979. The seamen have refused to testify, asserting their Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. The petitioners assert that their testimony could tend to incriminate them under Japanese law...

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